Your browser does not support iframes. Rangers center fielder Leonys Martin steals a home run against the Yankees ‘ MarkTeixeira . Your browser does not support iframes. Cubs second baseman Addison Russell dives for a grounder up the middle, pops

Butch Stearns and Rob Bradford take a look at the Sox team as it approaches the All-Star break and discuss what their chances are of making the playoffs, and whether or not they missed the chance to deal Clay Buchholz.

as gracefully as Tonya Harding) $17 million a year in his mid-30's? Lunacy. First Base Advantage: Red Sox. MarkTeixeira 's OPS has gone down in each of the last five seasons. He played 15 games last year -- torn tendon in his wrist

here.' " That, of course, didn't happen. Saltalamacchia was traded to the Rangers as part of the package for MarkTeixeira in 2007. Still, the friendship remained intact, and the two have remained in touch in the years since they parted

Ultimately, the Rangers -- who had acquired Saltalamacchia in 2007 as the most prominent name in a trade that sent MarkTeixeira to the Braves -- did not see the still-young player as their future catcher. And while the Sox still glimpsed considerable

know. It was a secret. Later in the 2012 season,Pedroia caught his throwing hand in his glove while fielding a MarkTeixeira ground ball. The ball chipped off his right pinky finger, tearing a ligament which the second baseman would end up

followed by Kansas City’s Mike Moustakas and capped off by a flame-throwing performance against New York Yankee MarkTeixeira . “I feel really happy. I can’ t describe it but I feel like I had so much fun,” Chapman said through an interpreter

think with Boston, just like everybody else, how consistent can their pitching be? We’re in the same boat.” MarkTeixeira is on the first-place Yankees. What’s his view from the top? “Nothing’s going to be given to us, obviously

Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees celebrates his home run with MarkTeixeira #25 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park last Friday. (Jim Rogash/Getty Images) CINCINNATI — The Yankees are in first

Clay Buchholz to stake his team to 1-0 lead. It was his 17th round-tripper of the season, second only to the 22 of MarkTeixeira . While Buchholz had been showing ace stuff (two earned runs over his last four starts), it’s not a surprise that Rodriguez